One of the most tricked-out in our collection, the classic clamshell Molecule Bivy sports an overlapping zipper for easy breathing, a durable, waterproof, anti-fungal-coated 70D floor, a vented foot box and a no-see-um net to keep the bugs out. Small, lightweight, and weather-ready, this is perfect for light solo missions. The Long Size Molecule Bivy is 90 inches long.

RATING AND REVIEWS

Not good in the rain

2

Used this for a Wonderland Trail trip. Worked well until I experienced rain/snow the last night. I had my head under a friends tent vestibule so I didn't have to cover my face during the rain/ snow in hopes of reducing condensation inside the bivy, however, within about 30 minutes of getting into the bivy that night (rain was fairly heavy at that point) , the inside of the bivy was wet and my down bag was getting wet. I hadn't experienced any condensation the previous 5 nights, but that rain caused a lot of issues for this bivy. I would avoid this in rainy conditions and go with a Gore-Tex bivy.

Thom

Pennsylvania

2017-10-02

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Great product

5

I bought this product for multi-day kayak tours, as sleeping in a bivy doesn't count as tenting in my country (which is forbidden for most places).
It works really well. We were close to the water, but it didn't get to wet inside. A bit condensation is normal. I started sleeping with the net and if it started raining, I just flipped it over and continued sleeping. Neither the net nor the cap disturbed my sleep. I didn't even notice them most of the time. For some reason I sleep even better in this bivy than in our 2-person tent, probably because I can't roll off my camping mat. Same for my girlfriend. We both have the long version, are 1,78m and 1,88m and had enough space for our sleeping bag, a 2m long camping mat and our backpacks and shoes. We also love the quite big entrance. It needs only about 3 minutes to get it reads to sleep, where 2 minutes are needed for inflating the camping mat. ;)
Great product, thanks!

Reuprebyc

US

2016-11-28

Condensation Magnet

2

I have had several OR products and have always been impressed with them. Not so with this bivy. Build quality is great, love the features, and at 6'6" fit great inside the long. However, in a 2 night backpacking trip to horse thief canyon I was bothered by layer of moisture through the whole bivy both nights. I used the foot vent and kept the top open the whole first night and half the second, only pulling the top over my head when rain came by. It kept the rain out, but the condensation in. I was lucky to be in the desert so that I could dry my sleeping bag out in the morning before packing it. My friend in a Gore-Tex military bivy had no problems.